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Tanzania Launches Major Infrastructure Programme: Fishing Ports, Markets, and Processing Facilities

May 23, 2026 · Elizabeth Lizz · 10 min read

The Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries has unveiled an ambitious infrastructure development programme for the 2026/2027 fiscal year, with major investments in fishing ports, livestock markets, milk collection…

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Tanzania Allocates 196,000 Hectares for Grazing: Land Use Planning Secures Pastoral Livelihoods

May 22, 2026 · Elizabeth Lizz · 11 min read

The Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, in collaboration with the National Land Use Planning Commission, has allocated 196,324.25 hectares of grazing land across 187 villages in 22 districts…

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Tanzania Produces 64 Million Vaccine Doses: TVLA Strengthens Animal Health Security

May 22, 2026 · Elizabeth Lizz · 11 min read

The Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency (TVLA) has achieved remarkable success in vaccine production, manufacturing 63,641,885 doses of vaccines against seven priority livestock diseases during the 2025/2026 fiscal year.…

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Meeting Seeks To Rebuild Tanzania’s Contract Farming Architecture

May 22, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 5 min read

By Kilimokwanza.org Team · Dodoma — 22 May 2026 DODOMA — As this article goes to press, something unusual is unfolding on the floor of Mesuma Hall. Six…

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Tanzania Livestock and Fisheries Revenue Hits TSh 67 Billion: Formalisation Drives Collection Growth

May 21, 2026 · Elizabeth Lizz · 12 min read

The Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries has achieved impressive revenue collection performance in the 2025/2026 fiscal year, with total receipts reaching TSh 66,924,418,062 by April 2026. This represents…

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Tanzania’s Blue Economy Surges: Fisheries Production Jumps 10% as Sector Expands

May 21, 2026 · Elizabeth Lizz · 10 min read

Tanzania’s fisheries sector has recorded outstanding performance in the 2025/2026 fiscal year, with fish production increasing by 10.02% whilst the sector’s contribution to national food security and economic…

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Tanzania’s Livestock Sector Posts Impressive Growth: Production Surges Across All Categories

May 20, 2026 · Elizabeth Lizz · 9 min read

Tanzania’s livestock sector has recorded remarkable growth in the 2025/2026 fiscal year, with increases across all major animal categories and meat production reaching historic highs. The sector’s performance…

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Tanzania Livestock and Fisheries Budget 2026/2027: A Strategic Blueprint for Sectoral Transformation

May 20, 2026 · Elizabeth Lizz · 7 min read

The Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries has presented an ambitious budget for the fiscal year 2026/2027, signalling the government’s commitment to transforming these critical sectors into major drivers…

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From Dar to Shanghai: How Tanzania’s Zero-Tariff Access to China is Rewriting the Rules of Agricultural Trade

May 18, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 15 min read

A historic breakfast meeting in Dar es Salaam on May 9, 2026, marked the beginning of Tanzania’s boldest export transformation in a generation. With China’s 1.4 billion consumers…

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Africa’s Youth and Agriculture: A $1 Trillion Opportunity at Risk

May 17, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 5 min read

New global brief warns that failure to engage young people in farming threatens food security, economic growth, and climate resilience Dar es Salaam — As the agricultural workforce…

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Maida Waziri: Tanzania’s Self-Made Business Icon, what farmers can learn from her

May 16, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 18 min read

From Construction to Cultivation: What East African Farmers Can Learn from Tanzania’s Self-Made Business Icon | Kilimokwanza A Kilimokwanza Special Feature From Construction to Cultivation: What East African…

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AGCOT CEO to Speak at Africa Agri Expo Webinar on Tanzania’s Agriculture Investment Landscape

May 15, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 3 min read

Dar es Salaam, 15th May 2026 — Geoffrey Kirenga, Chief Executive Officer of Agricultural Growth Corridors of Tanzania (AGCOT) Centre Ltd, will address Tanzania’s agriculture investment opportunities at…

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The Global Irish Potato Industry in 2026: Power, Plates and the African Pivot

May 15, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 31 min read

  A strategic analysis of production, processing power, varietal sovereignty and East Africa’s emerging share  Compiled April/May 2026 Anthony Muchoki Executive Summary The world produces roughly 390 million…

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Tanzania’s Gateway to China: COPRA Chief Maps Pathway for Agricultural Exporters to Seize Zero-Tariff Opportunity

May 14, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 9 min read

**Dar es Salaam, Tanzania** — In a breakfast meeting that could reshape Tanzania’s agricultural export trajectory, government officials and business leaders gathered at Johari Rotana Hotel on 9…

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Tanzania Avocado Farmers Get New Export Opportunity at TZS 1,500 Per Kilo

May 12, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 2 min read

DAR ES SALAAM — The Avocado Society of Tanzania (ASTA) has announced a new market opportunity for avocado farmers in the Njombe region, with two buyers actively seeking…

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“We Have Clients in China Waiting”: Tanzania’s Avocado Exporters Poised to Leverage Zero Tariff Opportunity

May 9, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 9 min read

SAGCOT Corridor avocado pioneer reveals Chinese buyers are ready as export license approval is pending Dar es Salaam, 9 May 2026 — As Tanzania’s Ministry of Industry and…

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Tanzania Exporters Convene to Harness China’s Zero Tariff Opportunity

May 9, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 4 min read

Dar es Salaam, 9 May 2026 — The Ministry of Industry and Trade, in partnership with the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, has today convened over…

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From 251,000 to 3 million tons: How Tanzania is rebuilding the National Food Reserve Agency

May 7, 2026 · Elizabeth Lizz · 6 min read

Storage capacity has tripled in five years. The next-stage construction adds another 250,000 tons. Vision 2030 targets three million. The NFRA is being rebuilt as the food-security backbone…

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Fifty-four new seed varieties for a warming country: Tanzania’s climate-resilience breeding programme

May 6, 2026 · Elizabeth Lizz · 6 min read

Drought-tolerant beans. Heat-resistant cassava. Sorghum bred for marginal rainfall. The FY 2026/27 Hotuba reports the release of 54 new climate-resilient varieties — and names TARI Hombolo as the…

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Meet NAESA: Tanzania’s new National Agricultural Extension Services Agency, operational from 1 July 2026

May 6, 2026 · Elizabeth Lizz · 5 min read

For decades, agricultural extension in Tanzania has been distributed across district councils, commodity boards, NGOs and private providers. NAESA pulls them together. The launch happens at the start…

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 Soil scanners and digital soil maps: Tanzania goes beyond input-and-pray farming

May 6, 2026 · Elizabeth Lizz · 4 min read

For decades, Tanzanian farmers applied fertilizer largely on instinct and inheritance. The Hotuba describes a quiet shift: soil intelligence is becoming infrastructure. Most farmers do not know what…

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Irish Potato Planting Materials in East Africa — Free 4-Page Guide [PDF]

May 5, 2026 · Kilimokwanza · 1 min read

The Irish potato is East Africa’s third most important food crop, after maize and bananas. Yet smallholder yields stagnate at 7–10 tonnes per hectare against an attainable 30–40…

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From paper voucher to mobile phone: How digital fertilizer subsidies reached every village

May 5, 2026 · Elizabeth Lizz · 5 min read

Tanzania’s digital input subsidy system — built on the e-Kilimo platform and integrated with ten government databases — is the architecture that moved input subsidies from administrative aspiration…